---
name: "UPower"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "upower"
version: "1.91.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/UPower"
---

# UPower(7)

System-wide Power Management

## NAME

UPower - System-wide Power Management

## DESCRIPTION

UPower provides an interface to enumerate power sources on the system and control system-wide power management. Any application can access the *org.freedesktop.UPower* service on the system message bus.

## AUTHOR

Written by David Zeuthen \<davidz@redhat.com\>, Richard Hughes \<richard@hughsie.com\> and with a lot of help from many others.

## BUGS

Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the DeviceKit mailing list, see **http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/devkit-devel** on how to subscribe.

## SEE ALSO

[**PolicyKit**(8)](/PolicyKit/8.md), [**upowerd**(8)](/upowerd/8.md), [**upower**(1)](/upower/1.md)